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Honda has released a new commercial for the 2012 Civic that draws on the model’s 39-year history. The video is a mix of vintage Honda commercials tossed together with footage of current Civic owners looking like they’re having a good time, all set to a track by Dirty Vegas. Produced by ad agency Tier10 Marketing, Honda’s Heritage ad was filmed using a Canon 7D DSLR camera, which might help explain its overall indie vibe.

Beginning with the classic first-generation Civic, the commercial quickly goes through several generations of the car, taking special care to highlight models with certain nostalgic value like the first Civic Si, sporty CRX, and quirky Civic Del Sol. Although seeing vintage Hondas might be enough to make some people sentimental, it’s the segments featuring people enjoying their Civics that are meant to sell the model’s latest tagline, “One Car. A million stories.” As the ad closes, some of the Civic’s stats are typed out onscreen, first boasting the car’s 39 years of production, followed by a rounded sales figure of “19,000,000 sold.” The cursor then starts to move backward and erase part of the message, changing the phrase to “19,000,000 stories.”

While many will probably still find the ad cheesy, we feel it’s a bit more relatable than Honda’s “To Each Their Own” ad campaign for the new Civic, produced by rival agency RPA. Featuring such pop culture clichés as zombies and ninjas, the spots are meant to show off the ninth-generation Civic’s five different models and various personalization options. Whether or not those ads did anything for you, this latest one might resonate better with fans of past Civic models. If for no other reason, check out the video to enjoy some new material from Dirty Vegas.